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CONTENTS. 
THE BATTLE .... Page 2 I RELICS OF THE BATTLE . . Page 27 

THE MONUMENT .... 19 I MONUMENTS TO WARREN . . 29 



HELIOTYPES. 

Fortifying Breed's Hill 4 View from Monument looking South . . . 17 

The Battle . 7 Bunker-Hill Monument 21 

View from Monument looking East ... 12 Relics of the Battle 26 

View from Monument looking North . . 16 Statue of Gen. Warren . ..... 29 

AUTOGRAPHIC HELIOTYPES. 

Order of Committee of Safety . . . • ^ I Lafayette's Speech at the Banquet in 1825 . 24 

Signatures of Generals engaged in the Battle 14 Gen. Warren's Last Letter . . . . • 31 
Webster's Speech at the Banquet in 1825 . . 23 I 

HELIOTYPE RELIEF PLATES, ETC. 

Charlestown in 1775 ....... 5 Warren's Monument 28 

Burning of Charlestown ..... 10 Gravestone struck by a Cannon-Bail ... 32 
Map, with Plan of the Redoubt .... 13 Joseph Warren's Masonic Apron . . coyer, 2 

Interior of Bunker-Hill Monument ... 19 Liberty Tree || 3 

Masonic Ap. on worn by Lafayette June 17, 1825 24 Washington's Lodgings .... "4 



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THE BATTLE. 



AFTER the battle of Lexington, troops began to assemble around Boston ; and before long there wen= 
some 15,000 men collected, poorly equipped, and each body commanded by an independent officer 
The Mass. Committee of Safety, learning that Gen. Gage, shut up with his troops in Boston, was 
planning to extend his lines, and include Dorchester Heights and Bunker Hill, issued the following order 



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So a force of i,oog men was sent one night, under command of Col. Prescott, to erect some earthworks 
for the protecticm of Bunker Hill. His men were mostly farmers : they had no uniforms, and carried 
fowling-pieces without bayonets. They formed on Cambridge Common, and, after a prayer by Pres. 
Langdon of Harvard College, marched at nine, P.M., June i6, 1775. Col. Prescott was at the head, 
preceded by two sergeants carrying dark-lanterns ; and the intrenching-tools, in carts, brought up the rear. 
They marched so silently, that they were not heard ; and the bells of Boston had struck twelve before 
they turned a sod. It was finally decided to fortify Breed's Hill, as being nearer to Boston, instead of 
Bunker Hill. The work was soon begun. As they worked, they could hear the sentinels from the British 
men-of-war cry, " All's well ! " As day dawned, the newly-made earthworks, which had been raised 
about six feet during the night, were seen from the ships, which began to fire on them, as did a battery on 
Copp's Hill in Boston. The Americans, protected by their works, were not at first injured by the balls, 
but kept steadily at work, strengthening the intrenchments, and making, inside of them, platforms of wood 
and earth, upon which they could stand when ordered to fire. Early in the day, a private was killed by a 
cannon-ball, when some of the men left the hill. To inspire confidence. Col. Prescott mounted the para- 
pet, and walked leisurely around it, inspecting the works, giving directions to the officers, and encouraging 
the men by approbation, or amusing them with humor. This had the intended effect ; and the men 
became indifferent to the cannonade, or received the balls with repeated cheers. 

Gen. Gage, with his telescope, watching Col. Prescott as he moved about the works, asked Councillor 
Willard, who stood near, " Will he fight ? " Willard, recognizing the tall, commanding form of his 
brother-in-law, replied, " Yes, sir, to the last drop of his blood." — "The works must be carried," was the 
reply. It was now the 17th of June. The day was intensely hot. Three thousand British soldiers were 
em'oarked in boats, and sent across to Charlestown. Prescott placed his men as he best could, behind the 

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half-finished mounds ; and a detachment was stationed at a rail-fence,* on the edge of Bunker Hill, tc 
keep the British troops from flanking the redoubt. This rail-fence was afterwards filled in with new- 
mown hay, to screen better those behind it. Without food, without water, and with very little ammunitidii, 
the Americans awaited their opponents. There were from 2,000 to 3,000 behind the breastworks, ami 
4,000 British to attack them ; and the Americans were almost without drill or discipline, while the Briti-h 
troops were veteran regiments. On the other hand, the British were obliged to advance in open field, 
while the Americans were behind their earthworks, — a far safer position. There they waited as quietly 
as they could, while Putnam, Prescott, and others moved about among them, saying, "Aim low." " Wait 
till you can see the whites of their eyes." The British soldiers marched forward slowly ; for they were 
oppressed with the heat, and were burdened with their knapsacks of provisions. But they marched with 
great regularity, and entire confidence. They fired as they went ; but only a few scattering shots were 
fired in return. On, on, they came, till they were within some ten rods of the redoubt. Then the word, 
" Fire ! " was given ; and, when the smoke cleared away, the ground was strewed with the British soldiers, 
and the survivors had already begun to retreat. A great cheer went up from the forts ; and the shout 
was echoed from the rail-fence. The Americans behind the fence were ne.xt attacked by the right wing of 
the British. The Americans withheld their fire till the last moment ; and three-fourths of the advancing 
soldiers fell, and the rest faltered. Twice the British advanced, and twice they were driven backwards ; 
while very few of the Americans were hurt. In the mean while, a carcass (a kind of bomb-shell), and hot 
shot were thrown from Copp's Hill into Charlestown, which set the village on fire ; t and the dense smoke 
arising from the burning buildings shrouded the heights in the rear. Beneath this veil the British hoped 
to rush unobstructed up to the breastworks, scale them, and drive the Americans out at the point of the 
bayonet. At that moment a gentle zephyr, the first that had been felt on that sultry day, came from the 
west, and swept the smoke away seaward, e.xposing to the full view of the Americans the advancing col- 
umns of the enemy. A third attack was now made upon the main fort. The British ofticei-s were seen 
threatening the soldiers, and even striking and pricking them, to niake them advance ; but they were very 
unwilling. Prescott passed round the ranks, telling his n\cn, that, if the British were once more driven 
back, they could not rally again; and his men shouted, "We arc ready for the red-coats again." But 
Prescott knew that their powder was almost gone, and told them to reserve their fire till tlic lUitish were 
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within twenty yards. Once more thev awaited their assailants, who now advanced with fixed bayonets, 
without firing, and under the protection of batteries of artillery. Most of the Americans had but one 
round of ammunition left, and few had more than three. Scarcely any had bayonets. Their last shots 
were soon fired ; and there was nothing for them but to retreat as they best could. They fell back slowly, 
one by one, losing far more men in the retreat than in the battle. Putnam used every exertion to keep 
them firm. He commanded, pleaded, cursed, and swore like a madman, and was seen at every point in 
tne van, trying to rally the scattered corps, swearing that victory should crown the Americans. " Make a 
stand here," he exclaimed ; " we can stop them yet ! In God's name, fire, and give them one shot more ! " 
The gallant old Pomeroy, also, with his shattered musket in his hand, implored them to rally, but in 
vain. Prescott, among the last to leave, was surrounded by the British, who made passes at him with the 
bayonet, which he skilfully parried with his sword. " He did not run, but stepped along, with his sword 
up," escaping unharmed, though his banyan and waistcoat were pierced in several places.* Among the 
slain was the brave Gen. Warren, president of the Provincial Congress, who was there only as a volunteer, 
not in command. " Not all the havoc and devastation they have made has wounded me like the death of 
Warren," wrote the wife of John Adams, three weeks afterward. " We want him in the senate ; we 
want him in his profession ; we want him in the field. We mourn for the citizen, the senator, the physi- 
cian, and the warrior." Gen. Howe declared his death was equal to the loss of 500 men to the Americans. 
The battle was not claimed as a victory by the Americans ; and yet it roused their enthusiasm very 
much. The ranks of the Continental army were filled up, and the troops were in high spirits. On the 
other hand, the greatest surprise was felt in England at the courage shown by the Americans in this con- 
test, and the great number of killed and wounded among the British troops. By the ofiicial accounts, the 
British loss in killed and wounded was 1,054, including an unusually large proportion of ofiicers ; being 
one in four of the whole force engaged. The Americans loss was not more than 450. 

This battle was of the greatest importance to the colonies. First, it settled the question that there 
was to be a war, which many people had not before believed. Secondly, it showed that inexperienced 
American soldiers could resist regular troops. It is said, that, when Washington heard of it, he only 
asked, " Did the militia stand fire ? " And when he was told that they did, and that they reserved their 
own till their opponents were within eight rods, he said, " The liberties of the country are safe." 
" Americans will fight," wrote Franklin to his English friends. " England has lost her colonies forever." 

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.... "And now there came 

A flight of shells, fraught with destructive fiame ! 

A scene ensu'd might fill the brave with dread; 

From house, to house, the conflagration spread : 

Ear-pi jrcing shrieks; heart-rending groans, and ciies; 

And terrifying shouts of vict'ry rise : 

Amidst the desolating wild uproar, 

Korth rush'd th' inhabitants from ev'ry door: 

To SKX. nor age, no place an azyle yields ; 

In crouds they ran, and sought th' adjacent fields: 



Swifter than they, the rapid bullets flew, 

And some ill-fated persons overthrew: 

From hope exc'uded, in a wi d dismay, 

The town untenable, the troops gave way : 

To Bunker's hill lliey fled, and in their rear. 

In close pursuit, the regulars drew near: 

The trenches gain'd, they fac'd, and made a stand, 

And intermix'd wiih Warresi's chosen baud; 

Follow'd by Plgot wiih a martial frown, 

Wrapp'd iu the vapour of the burning town." 



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Plan of Redoubt E\pl\n\tiom — 4 A, two strong fences, of stones and rails; a and &, two well-contrived flanks, so 
arranged that their hies crossed within 20 jards of the face of redoubt; c, another well-arranged flank; d, a bastion, with 
its flanks e and 6 ; m, a small portion of a trench, extending from eastern side of redoubt to a slough at foot of hill, toward 
Mystic River. On south-east side of redoubt was a deep hollow. Two cannons were placed in embrasures at the front of 
redoubt, in the two salient angles of which were large apple-trees. This plan appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine, London, 
and is printed here as a curious memorial of the battle. 13 








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BUNKER-HILL MONUMENT. 

' I "HIS monument stands in the centre of the grounds included within the 
-*- old redoubt on Breed's Hill, and its sides are precisely parallel with 
those of the redoubt. It is built of Quincy granite, and is 221 feet in height. 
The foundation is composed of si.x courses of stone, and extends 12 feet below 
the surface of the ground and base of the' shaft. The four sides of the founda- 
tion extend about 50 feet horizontally. There are in the whole pile 90 courses 
of stone, 6 of them below the surface of the ground, and 84 above. The foun- 
dation is laid in lime-mortar ; the other parts of the structure, in lime-mortar 
mixed with cinders, iron-filings, and Springfield hydraulic cement. The base of 
the obelisk is 30 feet square ;, at the spring of the apex, 15 feet. Inside of the 
shaft is a round, hollow cone, the outside diameter of which, at the bottom, is 10 
feet, and at the top, 6 feet. Around this inner shaft winds a spiral flight of stone 
steps, 295 in number. In both the cone and shaft are numerous little apertures 
for the purposes of ventilation and light. The observatory, or chamber at the top 
of the monument, is 17 feet in height, and 11 feet in diameter. It has four win- 
dows, one on each side, which are provided with iron shutters. The cap-piece of 
the apex is a single stone, 3-^ feet in thickness, and 4 feet square at its base It 
weighs two and one-half tons, and was raised to its place by a pair of shears, 
rigged directly over the monument, one leg on each side, resting upon timbers 
projecting from four windows. The shears were sloped towards the city. As no 
holes could be drilled into the block, projections were left on two sides, like ears, 
o which the ropes were attached. It was then raised, and deposited in its place, 
:vithout any trouble, or the slightest accident. 

Almost fifty years had elapsed from the time of the battle, before a movement 
:vas made to erect a commemorative monument on Breed's Hill. An association "' 
tor the purplose was founded in 1824 ; and to give eclat to the transaction, and to excite enthusiasm 
favor of the work, Gen. Lafayette, then "the nation's guest," was invited to lay the corner-stone. 

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Accordinglv, on the 17th of June, 1S25, the 50th anniversary of ihe l:attlc, the corner-stone was laid 
under the direction of the Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons. Lafayette assisted in the interesting 
ceremony ; and the Hon. Daniel Webster pronounced an oration on the occasion, in the midst of an im- 
mense concourse of people. The day was every thing that could be desired. The military and civic 
bodies appeared to great advantage, while the presence of Lafayette gave an added eclat to the pageant. 
Some forty survivors of the battle appeared in the ranks of the procession, and one aged veteran stood 
up in the midst of the multitude, and exhibited the simple equipments he wore when a soldier of Pres- 
cott's Spartan band. Not Webster, not even the noble Frenchman, so moved the hearts of the people, as 
did these old men, with their white hairs, their bowed forms, and their venerable aspect. The plan of 
the monument, by Solomon Willard of Boston, having been approved, the present structure was com- 
menced, in 1S27, by James Savage of the same city. After a year, the work was suspended, on account 
of a want of funds, about $56,000 having then been collected and expended. The work was resumed in 
1S34, and again suspended, within a year, for the same cause, about $20,000 more having been expended. 
\\\ 1840 the ladies moved in the matter. A fair was announced to be held in Boston ; and every female 
in the United States was invited to contribute some production of her own hands to the exhibition. The 
fair was held at Faneuil Hall, in September, 1840. The proceeds, $30,000, amounted to sufficient, in 
connection with some private donations, to complete the structure ; and, within a few weeks subsequentl}-, 
a contract was made with Mr. Savage to finish it for $43,000. The last stone of the apex was raised at 
about six o'clock on the morning of the 23d of July, 1842. Edward Carnes, jun , of Charlestown, accom- 
panied its ascent, waving the American flag as he went up, while the interesting event was announced to 
the surrounding country by the roar of cannon. On the 17th of June, 1843, the monument was dedicated, 
on which occasion the Hon. Daniel Webster was again the orator, and vast was the audience of citizens 
and military assembled there. The President of the United States (Mr. Tyler) and his whole cabinet 
were present. " Mr. Webster was himself on that day ; and his apostrophe to the gigantic shaft was as 
grand and noble as the subject was lofty and sublime. Waving his hand toward the towering structure, 
he said, 'The powerful speaker stands motionless before us.' He was himself deeply moved. The sight 
of such an immense sea of upturned faces, — he had never before addressed such a multitude, — he 
afterwards spoke of as awful and oppressive. The applause from a hundred thousand throats surged in 
great waves around the orator, completing in his mind the parallel of Old Ocean." 



The following is the speech delivered by Daniel Webster, at the banquet on the occasion of laying the 
corner-stone of the monument, June 17, 1825. It is a reduced copy of the original manuscript, in Mr. 
Webster's own handwriting, now in the possession of Mr. Francis C. Whiston, who was the toast-master 
on that occasion, to whom it was handed by Mr. Webster after the delivery. 



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The following is the reply of Gen. Lafayette to Mr. Webster' 
speech, the original of which is in Mr. Whiston's possession : — 



The Masonic apron here sketched 
was the one worn by Lafayette during 
the ceremony of laying the corner- 
stone. It was of heavy white silk, 
with a deep purple border, and is now 
in the possession of the Grand Lodge 
of Masons of Massachusetts, to whom 
it was presented on the 9th of June, 
1875, by ^1^1'- VVhiston, who had care- 
fully preserved it during the half-cen- 
tury. It will be worn on the Centennial 
by the Deputy Grand Master. 

The Masonic apron worn by Joseph 
Warren, as Grand Master, has also 
come into the possession of the Grand 
Lodge of Massachusetts, and will be 
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L. Everett, (J.M., through whose cour- 
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RELICS OF THE BATTLE. 

/^N the opposite page are shown Gen. Brooks's sword, an EngU h bayonet, cannon-ball, and a curious shot, supposed to 
^-"^ have been fired red hot, so that the points, piercing wooden buildings, set them on fire : the three latter were dug up in 
Charlestown some years ago. The following beautiful poem, wiitten by the late Rev. Dr. N. L. Froihingham, was read when 
the Prescott and Linzee swords were presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society : — 
THE CROSSED SWORDS. 
Swords crossed, — but not in strife ! See that thou memory keep. 

The chiefs who drew them, parted by the space Of him the firm coniman er : and that other. 

Of two proud countries' quarrel, face to face The stainless judge ; and him our peerless brother, — 

Ne'er stood for death or life. Ail fallen now asleep. 

.'Jwords crossed, that never met Yet more : a lesson teach. 

While nerve was in the hands that wielded them ; To cheer the patriot-so dier in hU course, 

Hands better destined a fail- family stem That Rialit shall triumph still o'er insolent Force : 
On those free shores to set. That be your silent speech. 

Kept crossed by gentlest bands ! Oh. be prophetic too! 

Emblems no mc^re of batile, but of peace; And may those nations twain, as sign and seal 

And proof how loves can grow and wars can cease, Of endless amity, hang uj:! their steel, 
Their once stern symbol stands. As we these weapons do ! 

It smiled first on the array The archives of the Past, 

Of marshalled books and friendliest companies; So smeared with blots of hate and bloody wrong, 

And here, a liistoiy among histories, Pining for p^•ace, and sick to wait so long, 
It srill shall smi.e for aye. Hail this meek cross at last. 



The cannon, the Adams, and its companion, the Hancock, now at the top of the monument, were two of four brass cannon 
which the General Court, in November, 1766, purchased for the use of the Boston Artillery, and were kept in a gun-house, 
corner cf West and Tremont Streets. Early in 1775, when Gen. Gage was about to seize them, they were taken off their 
carriages, carried into a schoolhouse, in the same yard, and placed in a large wood-box under the master's desk. The gun-house, 
yard, and schoolhouse were searched ; but the master placing his foot, which was lame, on the box, the officer, with true 
courtesy, on that account excused him from rising. After a fortnight, they were taken, one night, in a large tiunk, on a 
wheelbarrow, to Whiston's blacksmith-shop, at the South End, and hidden under the coal, fiom whence they were put into a 
boat in the night, and safely transported within the American lines. The guns were in actual service through the wliole war ; 
and after peace, at the request of the State, they were returned, by order of Congress, with the arms of the State, and this 
inscription chiselled upon them in bold re'ief : " The Adams : Sacred to Liberty. This is one of four cannon, which constituted 
ihe whole train of Field Artillery possessed by the British Colonies of North America at the commencement of the war, on the 
igth of April, 1775. This cannon and its fellow, belonging to a number of citizens of Boston, were used in many engagements 
during the war. The other two, the property of the Government of Massachusetts, were taken by the enemy. By order of ihe 
Lnited States in Congress assembled, May ig, 178S." These two cannon were for a long time in charge of the Ancient and 
Honorable Artilleiy Company of Bosion. and by them the Adams was burst in firing a salute. 

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MONUMENTS TO WARREN. 

The Freemasons have the honor of taking the initiative in a structure to 
commemorate the heroic death of their Grand Master, Joseph Warren. In 
1794 King Solomon's Lodge of Charlestown erected a Tuscan column of 
wood, elevated on a brick pedestal eight feet square, and surmounted by a 
gilded urn, bearing the age and initials of the illustrious dead, encircled with 
Masonic emblems. The whole height of the pillar was twenty-eight feet. 
The face of the south side of the base bore the following inscription : — 

Erected, A D. MDCCXCIV. by King Solomon's Lodge of Freemason?, constituted in 
Charlestown, 1783, in Memory of Major General Joseph Warren, and liis A-iSociates, who were 
slain on this memorable spot, June 17, 1775. None but they who set a just value on the bless- 
ings of Liberty are worthy to enjoy her. In vain we toiled: in vain we fought; we bled in 
vain ; if you, our offspring, want vilor to repel the assaults of her invaders. Charlestown set- 
tled, 1628. Burnt, 1775. Rebuilt, 1776. The enclosed land given by the Hon. James Ruisell. 

A beautiful marble model of this monument, which stood 30 years, may 
still be seen within the present obelisk, with the following inscription : — 

This is an exact model of the first Monument erected on Bunker Hill. Which, with 'he 
land on which it stood, was given, A.D. 1825, by King Solomon's Lodge, of this town, to the 
Bunker-Hill Monument Association, that they might erect upon its site a more imposing 
structure. The association, in fulfilment of a pledge at that time given, have allowed, within their imperishable obelisk, this 
Model to be inserted, with appropriate ceremonies, by King Solomon's Lodge, June 24th, A.D 1S45. 

At a meeting of the Bunker-Hill Monument Association, July i, 1850, Col. Thomas If, Perkins offered 
|li,ooo towards a monument in honor of Warren. This amount, with other subscriptions, purchased the 
beautiful statue, executed by Henry De.xter, a picture of which appears on the opposite page. The base, 
of verd-antique, was furnished by the heirs of John C. Warren. "The statue is seven feet high, of the 
best Italian marble, and weighed in the block about seven tons. The right hand rests upon a sword, the 
left being raised, as in the act of giving emphasis to his utterance. The chest is thrown out ; the head, 
which is uncovered, is elevated ; and upon the broad brow, and the firm, manly features of the face, 
thought and soul are unmistakably stamped." It was dedicated June 17, 1857, with magnificent ceremonies, 

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day before he was killed. The original is among the Heath Papers belonging to the Mass. Hist. Soc. : — 







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Mr. E. N. Coburn of Charlestown has in his possession a cannon-ball, 
Avhich, he supposes it may be fair to presume, was the one which partially 
demolished a gravestone, situated in the old Phipps-Street Burial-Ground, 
of which the cut is a very accurate representation. The tradition 
preserved, and which Mr. Coburn has often heard repeated by numbers 
of the old inhabitants in years gone by, is, that it was struck on the day 
of the battle of Bunker Hill by a cannon-ball fired from a British vessel. 
It is located very nearly in a line with the redoubt, and the position occu- 
pied by the " Falcon," a British sloop-of-war, on that day, which was so 
stationed as to cover the first landing of the British troops. The irregu- 
lar dark lines upon the face indicate cracks produced by the concussion. 
This cannon-ball, now considerably corroded, was taken out of the ground 
in his presence, in 185S, from a depth of twelve to fifteen inches, and 
within eight feet of the face, which is opposite the side struck. 

In the compilation of this brochure, extracts have been freely made 
from Thomas W. Higginson's "Young Folks' History of the United 
States," published by Messrs. Lee and Shepard ; Richard Frothingham's " Siege of Boston" and " Life 
and Times of Joseph Warren ; " " Lossing's Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution," in which the illus- 
trations on pages 13 and 28 first appeared; and S. A. Drake's "Historic Fields of Middlesex." The 
heliotype on page 4 is copied from the steel engraving in Irving's " Life of Washington," through the 
courtesy of the publishers, Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York. The heliotype on page 7 is a 
copy of the large painting, " Prescott's Defence of the Redoubt at the Battle of Bunker Hill." The 
ofificer on the left, with uplifted sword, is Gen Howe. In the centre appears Gen. Prescott, wearing his 
banyan and three-cornered hat, and parrying the bayonets thrust at him by the regulars. On the right is 
the brave Pomeroy, with his broken musket, trying to stop the retreat ; also Gen. Putnam on horseback, 
striving to bring up re-enforcements, and uttering imprecations on the retreating soldiers.* 

* Heliotypes of this fine painting, beaulifully printed on heavy phUe paper, 22 x 2S, are mailerl, post-paid, on receipt of ,^r 
Address A. O. Crane & Co., 95 Kingston Street, Boston. Trade supplied by James R. Osgood & Co., 131 Franklin Street. 




LIBERTY TREE 



There is no spot is Boston of greater historical interest than the Southerly Corner of Essex and Washmgton Streets 
where stood the celebrated Liberty Tree of Revolutionary Days. Lafayette said when ,n Boston. The world should 
never forget the spot where once stood Liberty Tree, so famous in your annals." The n.scnpuon on the budding now 
tliere, with the picture of the old 



elm, shows that the injunction has 
been heeded. This tree was used 
on the yirsi occasion of the resist- 
ance ■ of the patriots to the odi- 
ous Stamp Act, the effigies of 
King George's officials being hung 
from its branches. In August 17751 
it had become so obnoxious to the 
British and Tories, that they furi- 
ously assaulted it with axes, and cut 
it down. The grounds about it be- 
came known as "Liberty Hall." 
From a flag-staff above its branches 
was unfurled the first flag that was 
the signal for "the assembling of the 
Sons of Liberty. A second pole was 
placed in the old stump in 1826, 
and Judge Dawes WTote some patri- 
otic lines beginning, 
" Of high renown here grew the tree, 
The Elm so dear to Liberty, 




Your sires beneath its sacred shade, 
To Freedom, early homage paid." 

"Liberty Tree Tavern" occupied 
the spot where the Tree stood, in 
1833, and now a large, handsome 
block is there, in which the Eagle 
Clothing Company enjoy the lib- 
erty of selling Clothing at prices 
tliat defy competition. Their estab- 
lishment is one of the most exten- 
sive in Boston, and the stock of 
•Men's and Boy's Clothing which 
they have constantly on hand, en- 
ables them to guarantee satisfaction 
to all who visit them. If, in former, 
days the old Liberty Tree was a 
famous spot to the patriots, Liberty 
Tree Block is to-day also made popu- 
lar by the low rates of the Eagle 
i;)^ Clothing Company. They have 
-. " but One Price, and they never put 



LIBERTY TEKE. a Tax upon their merchandise to 

bring upon themselves the Stamp of public indignation. Thus all loyal citizens rally around the spot where Liberty Tree 
once stood, and where they know that instead of a fight, they are sure to find liandsome treatment and satisfactory bargains. 



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